Total Drama Yu-Gi-Oh!: Battle City Tournament
The Redux
Disclaimer: I do NOT own the following two shows. Total Drama is owned by Fresh TV, Cake Entertainment, Teletoon, and Cartoon Network, while Yu-Gi-Oh and all of it's spinoffs are all owned by Nihon Ad Systems, Studio Gallap, 4KMedia, and Kazuki Takahashi. PLEASE support the official releases of these shows.
Co-Written by: TJ (my beta reader and BFF) and Psychid (on some parts)
Author's Note #1: Wow. Finally, after over a year of this story being on hiatus, it's finally back! Don't get me wrong, we have been working on the story on and off, but we've been busy. From projects, to working at our jobs, as well as moving in together as roommates since April. But we've FINALLY managed to get some chapters officially done to the point where I can finally submit them. I guess we have to thank LittleKuriboh's Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged, as well as the Dark Sides of Dimensions movie, to get our inspirations back afloat.
Also, to make up for keeping you all waiting for over a year, TJ has taken the liberty to go back and rewrite Chapters Five and Six! I HIGHLY RECOMMEND you guys to go back and read those two chapters before reading this one, so you can understand this chapter better!
Another thing, because of FanFiction becoming stricter, as well as deleting stories left and right, I'm planning on uploading the redux one chapter at a time over at AO3 starting next month. It's just in case this story gets deleted.
Concerning the Duel this chapter, I apologize if it's a bit dusty and dragging. I've written it sometime after placing this story on hiatus, but I did try to spruce it up a bit.
With all of this out of the way, I want to thank all of you for your patience. Also, please do NOT keep asking me or begging me on continuing the story. I wouldn't mind it if I was still a teen, but I'm putting my foot down this time. If this continues, I will have no choice but to turn off anonymous reviews. (Apologies to those reasonable anons who does review. You guys rock.)
Hope you all enjoy, and expect the next chapter next week.
EDIT as of 8/23/2017: Went back to fix a mistake on the duel. Thanks to reaperking100 for the heads up.
Chapter Seven:
The Training Comes to Life: Part 1
Confessional
Yugi looked worried at the camera, both of his hands clutching onto his Millennium Puzzle as if for dear life.
"So much has happened lately, it just can't all be a mere coincidence. And I'm afraid it's still not over." He gestured the puzzle in his hands. "My puzzle being stolen, some of the warnings Yami told me about, Joey's mugging. It's obvious that these 'Rare Hunter' guys are behind everything, and no doubt they'll play a huge role in the tournament."
He looked down at his puzzle for a minute as if he was pondering some things in his mind, and then turned his attention back to the camera.
"I can't let the others get involved. They're under enough stress as it is. It'd be best not to tell them. Besides, if the Pharaoh and I are the target, the enemy's eyes will be on us, not them." He looks down at his puzzle again. "At least, that's what I'll be hoping for."
End of Confessional
Yugi walked back into the dining room once everyone was finished eating their take-out dinner. Yugi looked towards the gang, lets out a sigh, and announced with a smile on his face, "I just got off with Joey. The surgery was a success!"
"Really?! Sweet, man!" Geoff exclaimed excitedly, jumping off his seat.
Trent lets out a sigh of relief and said, "That's good to hear."
Gwen turned her attention to Yugi and asked, "Well, the surgery sounded important. What was it for, anyways?"
"Serenity was born with weak eyes." Yugi explained. "If she didn't take the surgery when she did, she would've gone blind for the rest of her life."
Duncan simply leaned against his chair looking up at nothing in particular. "Wow, that would've suck."
"But to go through something like that? Boy, that girl must have nerves of steel." Leshawna commented.
"You could say Joey's rubbed off on her." Yugi said with a nod. "Like brother, like sister."
Leshawna crossed her arms and rolled her eyes away as she said, "The good, I hope."
Alas, awkward silence had fallen upon them once again. After a good minute or two, Téa cleared her throat, hoping to ease the tension, and stood from her seat, picking up the dishes and some of the trash. "Alright, who wants to help clean up so we can check out your new Duel Disks? Something to ease the stress of today?"
Geoff smiled at the idea and raised his arm up in response. "I like the sound of that! I'm game, dudes!"
The others agreed by murmuring or nodding, the tension still so thick one can easily cut it with a knife. Yugi smiled a little. Hopefully playing the game on the Duel Disks might help. Still though, he still looked a bit worried as his eyes wandered over the floor below him.
After everyone helped clean up, they made their way to the backyard, taking out their Duel Disks and their decks.
"Alright, so how are we going to decide who'll be facing who?" Yugi asked.
The gang was silent for a moment to think how they'll settle it, until Téa's face brightened up when an idea came to her. "Idea! We can draw names from a hat! The first two names we pull out will go first!"
"Sweet idea, dudette!" Geoff exclaimed, taking off his cowboy hat, and then taking out a piece of paper, a pen, and a pair of scissors from his hat. "Let's get to it!"
Téa began writing down names on the piece of paper when Justin leaned over to Geoff and asked, "Geoff, seriously, how do you keep stuff in your hat?"
Geoff casually shrugged as he answered, "What can I say? Hats are just as convenient as backpacks, bro."
"That's his story and he's sticking to it. Believe me." Duncan said from experience.
After she was done writing the names, Téa cut the pieces up, folded them up, took Geoff's hat, and began so shake it a bit to scramble the pieces of paper. After giving it a good few shakes, Téa handed the hat to Yugi.
"Wanna pull a name, Yugi?" she suggested with a kind smile on her face.
Yugi returned the smile, albeit a small one, and stuck his hand in the hat, giving the pieces a good stir until he pulled out a piece of paper. He unfolded the piece and looked down.
"Trent. You're up first." Yugi said.
Trent smiled. "Nice. Now I can see my warriors in action! So who'll be my opponent?"
Téa offered Yugi Geoff's hat again for him to reach into. Yugi reached his hand in it again, gave it a good stir, and took out another piece of paper. He unfolded the piece of paper and announced out loud,
"You'll be facing Justin."
If one looked real closely at Trent, his face had gotten a bit pale. If memory served him best, it was Justin who had called the shots back when they were on the same team last season, and was one of the driving forces of getting him voted off. True, he did deserved it, but he didn't took it well at the time of finding out sometime after the second Aftermath aired. Though after what happened, Trent can't help but feel a bit uncomfortable around him.
Trent snapped out of his thoughts when Justin placed a hand on his shoulder and gave him somewhat a friendly smile, saying, "Let's make it a fun one, alright? Let's not think of it as practice."
Trent didn't say anything. He nodded and gave Justin a stern look before shaking his shoulder out of Justin's touch.
"Just don't try anything funny." Trent warned him in a low tone, taking his Duel Disk and walking over to the other side of the yard to take his position.
Justin watched him standing on the other side of the yard and looked a bit confused. He couldn't help but to scoff and ask, "And why would I?"
"Gee, I don't know. Just making sure you're not having the same mindset as Heather." Trent had said and rather hostile at that, rolling his eyes as he talked.
"As if I'd stoop to her level." Justin countered.
"Didn't you do that back at the lot?" Trent reminded him.
Justin rolled her eyes. "Well unlike her, I actually play by the rules. Why would this game be any different?"
Téa was unconvinced herself. "Gee, how about using your looks to use girls for your own ends? I'm not that dense."
"How would I do that in this game? Honestly!" Justin asked with a shrug.
Trent looked rather impatient, his arms crossed over his chest and tapping his foot on the grassy ground. "Are we doing this thing or not?"
Justin felt a little down. He knew this was to be expected, but nonetheless, he let out a sigh and replied back, "Let's get this over with."
Confessional
Justin was sitting from across the camera, looking into a handheld mirror that he was holding, looking a bit upset.
"Well of course I had to be an active player last season." He explained, not taking his eyes off of his reflection. "Since back at the island, I was a contender. But then everyone had stopped falling under a trance from my good looks. Then Courtney got me kicked off and...well, no one cares about what happens to me anymore. I mean, yeah I might've done a couple of unforgivable acts, and yes I do kind of feel a guilty about them after I left, but I had to use whatever advantage I can get so I can win.
But honestly, what does everyone have to worry about? I still have my looks, but I've lost that charm. The only way to get through this tourney now is to win fair-and-square. Hard, I know, but last I checked, it also takes a lot of hard work to become a rising star model, as well. Still, why do the others act like I'm gonna do something right under their noses?"
Justin let out a scoff before he finished, "I mean, come on. I don't like to repeat the same boring tactics over and over, no matter how devilishly handsome I am."
Static
"Usually, I can be nice to people and just give them a chance." Téa explains, glaring into the camera. "But I'm not making an exception here. It's people like Justin and Duncan I can't stand. I've seen a couple of the episodes. I know how Justin uses his 'devilishly handsome' looks to get ahead of the game, and don't get me started on Duncan's attitude. Why is Yugi being considerate? I swear, if they do so much as to take advantage of his kindness, I'm gonna..."
Téa froze, and then suddenly looks around the room and asked, "This is so weird. I mean, where did this confessional keep coming from?"
End of Confessional
Everyone else stood or sat by the wooden fence as they watched Trent and Justin strapped their Duel Disks onto their left wrists, and shuffled their own decks before sliding them into the deck slots. They both drew five cards from their decks, not breaking eye-contact from across the way.
"Let's duel!" Trent and Justin yelled in unison.
Trent: 4000/Justin: 4000
"May I?" Justin gestured himself.
Trent looked at him rather suspiciously. "So you can get the upperhand?"
Justin's shoulders slumped. "Didn't I say not to take this duel seriously?"
After a moment of silence, Trent rolled his eyes and scoffed. "Whatever. Hurry it up."
"...Alright." Justin said.
With that, he drew a card from his deck (6), and studied his hand, and thought, Okay. I think I'm off to a good start.
"I summon one monster in face down defense mode, and place one card face down," Justin said, placing a card face down horizontally on the Monster zone, and slipping a card into the Spell/Trap zone (4).
Everyone watched in amazed as the card backings in front of Justin suddenly appeared in holographic sparkles.
"Wow," Trent said. "Just like Duncan's duel with Kaiba."
"I know, right?" Justin asked. "I always thought Japan was ahead of us in technology. Who had thought?"
Trent nodded, and said, "So true, I-" he quickly stops, and shook his head, and said, "Ugh, Never mind! Are you finished with your move?"
Justin lets out a sigh, and replied, "Yeah, sure."
Trent nodded, and drew a card from his hand (6), looking at his hand and was thinking of his move.
Confessional
"I've been thinking a bit since that duel I had with Justin," said Trent. "I mean, was he playing nice? I mean, how can a shallow person like him be redeemed? I mean, just look at Heather. I remember a couple of times where it may look like she could change her behavior, but she's still the same."
End of Confessional
"I place one card face down, and I think I'll summon Obnoxious Celtic Guardian in attack mode," Trent said, placing a card onto the Monster Zone and slipped another into the Spell/Trap zone. (4)
The card backing appears vertical, while a monster appears in front of his master, looking like an elf with blonde hair clad in heavy armor, wielding a sword (ATK: 1400). Everyone "oooohed" when they saw the monster being summoned. Yugi smiled, knowing full well that he has the same monster as Trent. Justin smirked, and saw the opportunity.
"I think now's a good time as any to activate my face down card," he said, the face down card he has in front of him flips up, the image showing what looks to be a prisoner with everything on and around him on fire. "Backfire! As long as this Trap Card remains on the field, every time you destroy one of my FIRE-attribute monsters, you lose five hundred life points!"
With that said, small flames appeared and encircled around Trent, with him feeling a bit of warmth coming from the hologram.
"Let's test that, shall we?" Trent asked. "Obnoxious Celtic Guardian! Attack Justin's face down monster! Celtic Blade Slash Attack!"
Obnoxious Celtic Guardian raised his sword and jumped over towards the horizontal face down monster before him. The monster card flips up, revealing to be Fox Fire, an ordinary looking fox with a flame on it's tail. Obnoxious Celtic Guardian slashes through the monster, before it disappears into pixels. The elf monster than retreats back in front of his master.
"And since Fox Fire is a FIRE-attribute, you lose five hundred life points thanks to my Backfire!" Justin exclaimed.
The flames around Trent burst upwards through him, with Trent lifting his arm up to block his eyes (Trent's LP: 4000 – 3500).
"Whoa, dude!" Geoff yelled. "If that was real, he would've burned to death!"
"Boy, don't you give me any mental images," Leshawna said, feeling a shiver go through her spine.
Trent looks at the field before him, and said, "I'll just end my turn."
"My move, now," Justin announced, pulling a card from his deck (5).
He looked at his card, and smirked once more. He slips the card he just drew into the Spell/Trap zone with the card showing in front of him, the image showing a flaming meteor hurdling through space. (4)
"I activate the Spell card Meteor of Destruction!" Justin exclaimed. "If you have life points that are not lower than three thousand, this card reduces yours to a thousand!"
"Wait, what?!" Trent yelled.
The same meteor from the image appears from the card, as it lunge forwards and made a direct hit at Trent, causing him to flinch (Trent's LP: 3500 – 2500).
"We're three turns in, and already Trent is losing a lot of life points," Yugi pointed out.
"If Justin keeps this up, the poor sap is gonna lose in no time," said Duncan.
Téa turns her head to Duncan and glared at him, saying, "I'm sorry. Who asked for your opinion?"
Duncan looked back at her and said, "Hey, I'm just being honest, alright?"
Justin studied his hand for a minute, and looks over at Trent's side of the field, and thought, I think I got it.
"I summon Great Angus in attack mode," Justin declared, placing a card onto the Monster Zone. (3)
A giant, demonic-like beast with horns out of it's mouth with multiple scars show up in front of it's master (ATK: 1800).
"Activate Trap card!" Trent declared, with the face down card flipping open in front of him, the image showing Ebon Magician Curran and White Magician Pikeru struggling with each other. "A Rival Appears! Here's how it works. I get to special summon a monster from my hand by choosing one of your monsters based on their level. Since your Great Angus is level four, I'll choose a level four monster of my own! I summon my Queen's Knight!"
He places a card onto the Monster Zone (3), a beautiful, long blonde hair woman wearing armor similar to the Hearts symbol, carrying a shield and sword, appears next to Obnoxious Celtic Guardian (ATK: 1500/DEF: 1600).
"Does it matter? I'll still use Great Angus to attack your Obnoxious Celtic Guardian!" Justin exclaimed.
Great Angus roars out, and ran over towards Obnoxious Celtic Guardian, to which it ruthlessly punched him in the stomach, in which Obnoxious Celtic Guardian got destroyed (Trent's LP: 2500 – 2100).
"I'll end my turn by placing one card face down," Justin said, slipping a card into the Spell/Trap zone (2).
Trent drew a card from his deck (4), to which he studied his hand, and thought, I just need the right card. For now, I'll have to wing it.
"I summon Dark Blade in attack mode!" Trent exclaimed, placing a card onto the Monster Zone (3), a dark warrior-looking monster wearing dark armor with spikes on it wielding two long dagger-like swords appeared next to Queen's Knight (ATK: 1800/DEF: 1500). "Next, I'll equip him with Lightning Blade!"
He slips a card into the Spell/Trap zone, the image showing a mighty sword with thunder and lightning around it. Two of Dark Blade's swords disappeared, replaced by the same electrical sword from the image (Dark Blade's ATK: 1800 – 2600).
"It increases his attack points by eight hundred," Trent explained.
"Nice, but you just activated my Trap!" Justin exclaimed. "Spell Shield Type-8!"
The card flips open in front of him, the image showing a metallic machine with Japanese signs on it, being encased by a force field. The same machine from the card appears.
"It has two effects, but I only get to choose one," Justin explains. "And I choose the effect that it negates the activation of your Spell card that targets one monster and destroys it!"
With that, the Lightning Blade got destroyed, and Dark Blade's swords came back (Dark Blade's ATK: 2600 - 1800).
"Sick move," Trent commented.
"Gee, thanks," Justin said with a smile.
"Well, since my monsters can't destroy yours, I'll switch Queen's Knight into defense mode and end my turn," Trent said, switching the card from vertical to horizontal, to which Queen's Knight knelt down with her shield in front of her (DEF: 1600).
Justin drew a card from his deck (3), and said, "I activate Pot of Greed, which allows me to draw two new cards from my deck."
He slips the card into the Spell/Trap zone (2), the image showing a green pot with an evil grin. He then drew two cards from his deck (4), and looked at the cards he drew. He smirked and said, "Now I summon Little Chimera in attack mode!"
Justin places the card onto the Monster Zone (3), in which a white, cat-like creature with purple mane and a tail, both being pulled back into ponytails, appears (ATK: 600).
"It may look small and weak, but it has a special ability," said Justin. "It increases all FIRE-attribute monsters' attack points by five hundred points, and decrease the attack points of WATER monsters by four hundred. (Great Angus' ATK: 1800 – 2300; Little Chimera's ATK: 600 – 1100). Now I'll use Great Angus to attack your Dark Blade!"
Great Angus ran over, and punched Dark Blade as it disappeared (Trent's LP: 2100 – 1600).
"This is bad," said Téa. "If Trent doesn't get ahead of him, he'll be done for."
"I'll end my turn right there," Justin said.
Trent drew a card from his deck (4), and said, "I think I got it. I summon Goblin Attack Force in attack mode!"
He places the card onto the Monster zone (3), in which a few goblin-like warriors appear (ATK: 2300). Justin's eyes widen when he saw how much attack power they have.
"WHAT?!" he yelled.
"And I switch my Queen's Knight to attack mode," Trent said, switching the card from horizontal to vertical, in which Queen's Knight stood up (ATK: 1500).
"Yeah, but don't forget, I still have Backfire," Justin explained. "If you attack both of my Fire monsters, you'll lose five hundred life points for each one."
"Oh yeah? I activate the Spell Card Remove Trap!" Trent exclaimed, slipping the card into the Spell/Trap zone (2), the image showing a destroyed bear trap. "This card can destroy one Trap Card on the field. And guess what I choose?"
With that, the flames around Trent suddenly burnt out, and the card next to Justin disappeared.
"Now Queen's Knight, attack Little Chimera!" Trent commanded. "Queen's Saber Crash!"
Queen's Knight jumped up and stabs Little Chimera through it's body, to which it screamed in pain before it disappeared (Justin's LP: 4000 – 3600; Great Angus' ATK: 2300 – 1800).
"Goblin Attack Force, attack Great Angus!" Trent commanded.
With that, the goblin group marches onward and attacked Great Angus, before it disappeared (Justin's LP: 3600 – 3100). After they attacked, Goblin Attack Force switched to defense mode (DEF: 0).
"Unfortunately, my Goblin Attack Force has a special ability, in which after they attack, they have to switch into defense mode," Trent explained. "And I can't switch them back into Attack Mode."
"Thanks for the info," Justin said with a smirk, before drawing a card from his deck (4). "I summon Elemental Hero Heat in attack mode!"
He places a card onto the Monster Zone (3), a warrior wearing a fiery-themed armor shows up in a sparkle of white pixels (ATK: 1600).
"Next, I activate the Spell Card Second Attack!" Justin exclaimed, slipping a card into the Spell/Trap zone (2), the image showing two hammers hitting against the ground, resulting with the ground being cracked. "It let's my monster attack twice on the same turn. Elemental Hero Heat, attack his Goblin Attack Force and Queen's Knight!"
Elemental Hero Heat's fists busted into flames, before punching some of the goblins and they disappeared into pixels. Moments after, his fists fired up again before punching Queen's Knight before she vanished (Trent's LP: 1600 - 1500)
"That ends my turn," said Justin.
Trent drew a card from his deck (3), and thought, Dang it! Looks like I'm gonna have to improvise.
"I activate the Spell Card Change of Heart," Trent said, slipping the card into the Spell/Trap zone (2), showing the image of a woman with long brown hair, with one side of her has an angel wing, the other half of her is darkened with a demonic wing. "This Spell card lets me take control a monster on your side of the field until the end of my turn. And I choose your Elemental Hero Heat!"
With that, Elemental Hero Heat disappeared from Justin's side, and appeared on Trent's side of the field.
"Now I'll use your own monster to attack your life points directly!" Trent exclaimed.
Elemental Hero Heat's fist busted into flames, and ran directly towards Justin and punched him on the stomach, causing him to flinch at the hologram attacking him (Justin's LP: 3100 – 1500).
"I'll place one card face down and end my turn," Trent said, slipping a card into the Spell/Trap zone, the card appearing vertically before him (1).
And since his turn is over, Elemental Hero Heat reappeared in front of Justin. Justin drew a card from his deck (3), and said, "Perfect! I summon Elemental Hero Lady Heat in attack mode!"
He places the card onto the Monster Zone (2), where a female warrior wearing feminine armor similar to Hero Heat appears (ATK: 1300). At the sight of her, Duncan gives out a low whistle.
"Next I activate the Spell Card Polymerization," Justin said, slipping a card into the Spell/Trap zone (1), the image showing two shadowy demons merging together in a fog. "This lets me fuse two of my monsters to Special Summon a fusion monster. Now I'll fuse my Elemental Hero Heat and Lady Heat to form..."
Both Elemental Hero Heat and Elemental Hero Lady Heat suddenly turned bright as they merge together. The light was so bright, to the point where Trent and everyone else lift their arms up in front of their eyes. As soon as the light died down, Trent lifted his arm down, and his eyes widened at the new monster staring at him. The new fused monster looked to be a strong warrior wearing armor similar to fire, with molten lava rocks on it's chest and hands. (ATK: 2300/DEF: 1600)
"TRENT, MEET ELEMENTAL HERO INFERNO!" Justin introduced. "Now Elemental Hero Inferno, attack the rest of Trent's life points directly!"
But before his monster can attack, Trent yelled out, "Activate face down card!"
The card flips open in front of him, the image showing a few glowing golden butterflies with golden aura over a lake.
"Butterflyoke! This Trap card stops your monster from attacking, and switches it to defense mode!"
The same golden butterflies from the card appears around Elemental Hero Inferno, as they force it to kneel down in defense position. (DEF: 1600).
"There's also that other ability, but I'll wait," Trent said.
Justin crosses his arm with a smirk on his face, and said, "Fine. Go ahead. and make your move."
Trent drew a card from his deck (2), and looked at the card he drew, thinking, This might help.
"First, I activate Pot of Greed, which lets me draw two cards from my deck," he explained, as he slips the card into the Spell/Trap zone (1), the image shows a green jar with an evil grin.
Trent drew two cards from his deck (3), and smiled, thinking, All right!
He slips a card into the Spell/Trap zone (2), the image showing an Egyptian Ankh, as he says, "Now I activate the Spell Card Monster Reborn, to bring back my Queen's Knight!"
The ground started to glow, in which the same beautiful warrior from before appears before her master (ATK: 1500).
"Next, I'll summon King's Knight in attack mode," Trent continued, placing a card onto the Monster zone (1).
A warrior appears next to Queen's Knight, who looks like a king, and wears a male-version armor like Queen's Knight, complete with a sword and shield (ATK: 1600/DEF: 1400).
"And King's Knight has a special ability," Trent said, taking his Deck from the deck slot of his Duel Disk. "If I summon him with Queen's Knight in play, I get to special summon a monster from my deck and onto the field. Say hello to Jack's Knight!"
Trent took the card he was looking for, placed his deck back into the deck slot, and places the card onto the Monster Zone, a warrior wearing the same kind of armor like King's Knight and Queen's Knight, especially having his own sword and shield (ATK: 1900/DEF: 1000).
"Is that all?" Justin asked with a brow raised. "They're clearly not strong enough."
"Not for long," Trent said with a smile. "Get ready for the battle of fusions, Justin! I activate Polymerization! To fuse all three of my knights to form into one powerful knight!"
King's Knight, Queen's Knight, and Jack's Knight faced each other, and lifted all three of their swords together. They started to glow and merge together. A new monster appears and stood before his master before the glow dies down, taking the appearance of a powerful knight with a sword and shield (ATK: 3800/DEF: 2500).
"MEET ARCANA KNIGHT JOKER!" Trent exclaimed. "Now I activate Butterflyoke's other ability! During either of our Main or Battle phases, I can change the battle position of your Elemental Hero Inferno. So now I switch it to attack mode!"
With that, the butterflies fluttering around Elemental Hero Inferno began to glow, with the Elemental Hero monster standing back up (ATK: 2300).
"Arcana Knight Joker, attack Elemental Hero Inferno and Justin's life points!" Trent declared.
Arcana Knight Joker lifted his sword up, and jumps up and stabs Elemental Hero Inferno through the chest, as it screams in pain and disappeared into white pixels. The shock from the attack causes Justin to fall onto the ground (Justin's LP: 1500 – 0).
"Whoo!" Geoff cheered, lifting his arm in the air. "He did it! Trent won, dudes!"
"Yeah, that was awesome!" Leshawna cheered.
Téa clapped her hands and said, "Great job showing that jerk in his place, Trent."
With the duel officially over, Arcana Knight Joker and the butterflies disappeared into thin air, with Trent taking a deep breath, grateful that it was all over. He looked over and saw Justin slowly sitting up, looking quite ashamed of himself. Trent couldn't help but to feel a tug in his chest. Maybe Justin did wanted a friendly game?
He walked over across the yard, and lifted his arm towards him, asking, "You okay, dude?"
Justin smiled a little, as he placed his hand onto Trent's, as Trent helped him up from the ground.
"Yeah, I...I had fun," he said. "You?"
"Same," Trent said with a nod.
"So...we're cool?" Justin asked.
Trent sighed, saying, "Don't get the wrong idea. You still got ways to go, dude."
"Oh."
There was a quiet moment before Justin watches Trent lifting his fist up, "...But yeah, we're cool."
Justin smiled, and lifted his arm up and fist bumped him. While watching the scene before him, Yugi couldn't help but to smile. Sure they're not there yet, but he believes they're finally making some progress.
That's what games are for, right? Bringing people together?
Author's Note #2: Yes, you read right. We're giving Justin a redemption arc this time around. How else would he make up with Trent to the point where they form a Boy Band with Harold and Cody?